Lower-Potency Hemp Edible Business Registration
The State of Minnesota approved the sale of Lower-Potency Hemp Edibles in 2022. In 2025, the State of Minnesota pass legislation required all lower-hemp edible retailers, manufacturers and wholesalers to be licensed through the State of Minnesota and obtain a municipal registration.
Licensing information through the State of Minnesota can be found here.
Registration fee: $125
Registration period: January 1 through December 31
Licensure through the State of Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management is required prior to registration with the City of Duluth
"Lower-potency hemp edible" means any product that:
(1) is intended to be eaten or consumed as a beverage by humans;
(2) contains hemp concentrate or an artificially derived cannabinoid, in combination with food ingredients;
(3) is not a drug;
(4) does not contain a cannabinoid derived from cannabis plants or cannabis flower;
(5) is a type of product approved for sale by the office or is substantially similar to a product approved by the office, including but not limited to products that resemble nonalcoholic beverages, candy, and baked goods; and
(6) meets either of the requirements in paragraph (b).
(b) A lower-potency hemp edible includes:
(1) a product that:
(i) consists of servings that contain no more than five milligrams of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol; no more than 25 milligrams of cannabidiol, cannabigerol, cannabinol, or cannabichromene; any other cannabinoid authorized by the office; or any combination of those cannabinoids that does not exceed the identified amounts;
(ii) does not contain more than a combined total of 0.5 milligrams of all other cannabinoids per serving; and
(iii) does not contain an artificially derived cannabinoid other than delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, except that a product may include artificially derived cannabinoids created during the process of creating the delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol that is added to the product, if no artificially derived cannabinoid is added to the ingredient containing delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol and the ratio of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol to all other artificially derived cannabinoids is no less than 20 to one; or
(2) a product that:
(i) contains hemp concentrate processed or refined without increasing the percentage of targeted cannabinoids or altering the ratio of cannabinoids in the extracts or resins of a hemp plant or hemp plant parts beyond the variability generally recognized for the method used for processing or refining or by an amount needed to reduce the total THC in the hemp concentrate; and
(ii) consists of servings that contain no more than five milligrams of total THC.